Astronomers used to think that space was vast and empty and populated mostly by stars, and some comets were out there, and not so many planets. Now they say there are even more planets floating out there than stars. Now, scientists turn their attention to pink hearts, yellow moons, and green clovers.

The government is pulling the drug Avandia from the market. The winner: public safety. The losers: people who finally got off heroin by shooting up Avandia, instead. "Back to the heroin," I guess is the message society is sending???

Oh great, laser-guided wheelchairs. What's next, laser-guided missiles? Do they not teach people about "safety" any more, by taping it on kindergarten walls in big construction-paper cutout letters? Am I simply a relic? Well I will stand proud as a relic of safety, burning any wheelchair I see.

Dark energy is "driving the universe apart;" NASA calls it "repulsive." Does anyone stop to think about how the dark energy feels?